Titilayo Adebola and Daniele Manzella
Abstract
This chapter considers the digital sequence information (DSI) debates from an African perspective. The chapter reviews regional instruments and the role that the African Union plays in implementing international obligations and refining legal instruments to accommodate new emerging issues, such as DSI. The chapter concludes that the wide-ranging economic, ethical, cultural and social implications, alongside the complex realities of the ABS systems, mean the African Union could practically facilitate the institution of legislative, regulatory, administrative and policy measures for ABS and DSI at national and sub-regional levels in Africa, in harmony with macro-level policy decisions taken in ABS global fora.
Citation: Titilayo Adebola and Daniele Manzella, “Access and Benefit Sharing and Digital Sequence Information in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Concerns in Regional Governance” in Charles Lawson Michelle Rourke and Fran Humphries (eds) Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources, Information and Traditional Knowledge (1st Edition, Routledge 2022).
